CVE-2006-4250 Affecting man-db package, versions <2.4.3-5


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (1st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-MANDB-289664
  • published10 Apr 2007
  • disclosed10 Apr 2007

Introduced: 10 Apr 2007

CVE-2006-4250  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 man-db to version 2.4.3-5 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream man-db package and not the man-db package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

Buffer overflow in man and mandb (man-db) 2.4.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via crafted arguments to the -H flag.

CVSS Scores

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